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Masala kulangwa
Masala kulangwa
Once upon a time in East Africa, the monster or ogre Shing'weng'we swallowed the entire
planet, along with all domestic animals, with the exception of one pregnant woman who hid
under a heap of chaff. Masala Kulangwa (which means "the brilliant or clever person who
understands swiftly") was born to this woman later. "Mother, why are there only the two of
us?" he inquired as he got older. What happened to the rest of the group? "My darling one,
everyone else was eaten by Shing'weng'we," she replied. We're the only two survivors."
From that day forward, the young guy began his search for the monster. He killed a
grasshopper one day and sang to his mother,
"Mother, Mother, I have slain Shing'weng'we." "Rejoice and shout for joy," his Mother said,
"but this is just a grasshopper, not the monster." "Let's roast him and eat him," says the
group.
"Mother, Mother, I have slain Shing'weng'we up in the hills," he sang one day after killing a
bird. "Rejoice and shout for happiness," his Mother said, "but this is just a bird, not the
monster." "Let's roast it and eat it," says the narrator.
"Mother, Mother, I have slain Shing'weng'we up in the hills," he sang one day after killing a
little gazelle. "Rejoice and yell for joy," his Mother said, "but this is just a tiny gazelle, not the
monster." "Let's roast it and eat it," says the narrator.
"Mother, Mother, I have slain Shing'weng'we up in the highlands," he sang one day after
killing an antelope. "Rejoice and shout for joy," his Mother said, "but this is just an antelope,
not the monster." "Let's roast it and eat it," says the narrator.
Finally, Masala Kulangwa, a cunning young man, tracked down Shing'weng'we, defeated
him, and sliced open the monster's back. His father, along with his relatives and the rest of
the crowd, emerged. Masala Kulangwa accidentally hacked off the ear of an elderly woman
when he broke open the monster's back. This woman became enraged and verbally abused
the young man. She attempted to enchant him. Masala Kulangwa, on the other hand,
discovered medicine and was able to treat the elderly woman. The people then crowned the
young man as chief and seated him in the Chief's Chair. Masala Kulangwa rose to become
the world's chief, while his mother rose to become the Queen Mother. (Summary of the
Sukuma, a Tanzanian song version of a traditional African myth)
Plot
Similarities of both story
-They are both talking about the monstrous thing. They were talking that they were attacked
by a monster in their town or city. And they are hunting some food for their family and town
to some far forest or place.
-And the Rawera (the Comforter) and the Monsters we’re about the people with a king in
their village and their living things like having a child and marrying. And their child is the
one who killed the monster.
Characters
difference
Masala kulangwa(young guy)
-A guy that a brilliant or clever person
The -a guy who keep killing animals that he thought it is a monster for his mother
Mother
-The exception of one pregnant who hid under a heap of chaff
Jater
An old man who forcefully married Ng’uono
Rawera
-the born child of jater (the comforter)
The similarities
They both fighting monsters for people who died because of monsters that attacked their
village.